My son is a type 1 brittle, juvenile diebetic !!

[angel4god79]

Hello my son whom is six years old will be on the insulin pump thsi summer. Looking for other parents that have young children with type 1 and a question on what to do for child day care during the summer months when school is out ??

 

[Protinus]

Angel: I hope you're able to have these questions answered and if you find them out, please post back here!! I hope you are able to find a camp for him!

 

[bliz]

My kids did not get Type one till they were in 6th and 10th grades...

Have you looked into diabetes camp?

In some cities there are some daycare programs that specilize in high need kids.

Day care programs and camps are required to make reasonable accomidations for special needs kids. That includes having someone on staff trained to check blood sugar levels, read urine test strips and administer insulin and handle low blood sugars. The Department of Justice does disabilities not consider that unreasonable at all. I have read several cases that were delt with under the
Americans with Disabilities Act.

Check with your local ADA and diabetic educators.

 

[jsimms615]

Hello my son whom is six years old will be on the insulin pump thsi summer. Looking for other parents that have young children with type 1 and a question on what to do for child day care during the summer months when school is out ??

Hello,
My son is also 6 and has Type I diabetes, though he is on the shots. He gets two shots a day. He was diagnosed about a year ago. I've thought about the pump, but we are worried he will play with it. He doesn't seem to be able to tell when he is low or high very well. We haven't tried day care with him. My wife has a job on weekends and I am going to be working during the week.

Jeff